Books - "history"
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Steam on Shed: London Midland
Square octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton 1978
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains engineering steam British
Steam on the Western: The Final Decades
Oblong quarto hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains engineering steam British
The GWR Bristol to Bath Line
Large imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains engineering British
'Twixt London and Bristol
Large imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford Publishing Company 1985
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains engineering British
Rail Portfolio
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing Group 1988
KEYWORDS: locomotives transport history rail trains engineering British
My Lord Mayor: Eight Hundred Years of London's Mayoralty
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1989
KEYWORDS: history politics London British mayoralty
Lady Unknown: The Life of Angela Burdett-Coutts
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1978
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Angela Burdett-Coutts history philanthropy
The Story of England
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1997
KEYWORDS: history British politics economics culture
The Private Papers of Hore-Belisha
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: history war military politics biography memoir correspondance Leslie Hore-Belisha
Gallipoli 1915: Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace 14-18
Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, grey eps, 36pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: 2015
KEYWORDS: World War One Gallipoli WW1 history military arts photography Britain France New Zealand
The Hollywood History of the World
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to boards, illus eps, illus title page, xix + 268pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling & foxing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1988
KEYWORDS: flims media moving pictures Hollywood history cinema
I, Goya
Folio, black cloth boards with red lettering to spine, grey eps, frontispiece, prelims, 159pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, very slight foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Prestel 2004
KEYWORDS: Francisco Goya Artists Painters Spain Biography history
Lagonda: An Illustrated History 1900-1950
First edition, Quarto, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG ( slight foxing to covers, light soiling to cover, light creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Lagonda automobile History transport cars
Russian Houses
Quarto, crimson cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, VG+ (light spotting to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight scuffing to top of spine)
PUBLISHER: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1991
KEYWORDS: houses homes architecture Russia Interior decoration History
Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & cover, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to rear cover & spine)
PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 1996
KEYWORDS: biography arts drawing history John Augustus
Scottish Urban and Rural Branch Lines
Quarto, blue and illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, light blue eps, frontispiece, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges, light soiling to front board)
PUBLISHER: Eroxop Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: Scotland locomotion tranport trains history railway lines
The Prisoner of War in Germany
third edition (2 added chapters), Octavo, green boards with black lettering to spine & embedded motif to rear board, 256pp, VG (light browning & foxing to page edges, moderate dampstaining to boards, two small nics to rear board, slight scuffing to boards)4
PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Prisoners of war POW Germany history military
The London Diocese Book for 1912
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt borders & lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xvi +394pp + 38pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, moderate fading to spine, light staining to upper spine & upper rear board, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (n/d)
KEYWORDS: religion christianity Church Diocese London history Britain
A History of Rome Through the Fifth Century: Volume 1: The Republic
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1968
KEYWORDS: history rome government politics
Egypt: And the Wonders of the Land of the Pharaohs
Octavo, brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind decorative rule to boards, gilt illus to front board, folding frontispiece, yellow eps, illus title & prelims, vi + 293pp + 32pp adverts, illus, folding plates, VG (sporadic staining to boards & spine, 0.5cm tear to spine extrems, slight bruising to board edges, light fraying to board corners, owners name in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, v. light foxing to prelims and adverts)
PUBLISHER: Trubner and Co. 1884
KEYWORDS: egypt egyptology ancient history archaeology